I get tons of Cardinals at my house (I live next to a wild life refuge though) but JayinTO is right, I buy the cheapest bag of bird food I can find, then buy a bag of black oil sunflower seeds and mix them together. The other day I had 5 males and 4 females out there. They seem to love the seeds.

We have a pair of cardinals that visit our feeders ...we pamper them with mix of nuts and seeds dried fruit - ( no milo no millet ) they enjoy these seeds - also -- we grade some homemade suet ( organic ) and place it in a container inside the platform feeder - they also enjoy the heated bird bath - ( wish we could find a solar bird bath fountain ...)

Love the mix bag and I found that Pet smart has the mix bag for 10 dollers and it will go along ways.I have all kinds of birds.Cardinal,blue jays, 5 differant woodpeckers,chickadees and the list goes on.Look at the forum of Keep squirrels out and you can se how I built it cheap.I love love my birds :)

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